Kermanshah

Kermanshah City

Kermanshah located 525 km from Tehran in the western part of Iran and about 120 km from the border of Iraq with Iran. Kermanshah has a moderate and mountainous climate. The majority of people speak Kurdish with Kermanshahi dialect.

Travel to Iran to visit Kermanshah and find What to see in Kermanshah:

Taq-e Bostan is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD. This example of Sassanid art is located 5 km from the city center of Kermanshah.

The Bistun (also Bisotoun) considered as one of Iran’s UNESCO world heritage sites, Bistunh is an Inscription is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Bistun in near the city of Kermanshah in western Iran. Authored by Darius the Great sometime between his coronation as king of the Persian Empire in the summer of 522 BC and his death in autumn of 486 BC, the inscription begins with a brief autobiography of Darius, including his ancestry and lineage, also Bistun inscription includes three versions of the same text, written in three different cuneiform script languages: Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian.

Takiyeh moven ol-molk is one of masterpieces in Kermanshah remind from the Qajar period, visit Takiyeh moaven ol-molk in old quarters of Kermanshah in Abshoran alley-ways, the takiye moaven ol-molk was built in 1940 by orders of one of poetry’s of Kermanshah and in that time Takiye moaven ol-molk was used for religious purpose

Ghouri Ghaleh Water cave is the name of the biggest water caves in Middle-east which is dates back to 65 Million years ago, the Ghouri Ghale water cave can be visited in a day excursions from Kermanshah to Paveh town, the Ghouri ghale water cave is located close to a village with the same name as ghouri-ghale, the cave deeps up to 3140 Meters and is long as 12 K.M and also is considered as one of seven’s naturals wonders of Iran, the ghouri ghale water cave in Paveh was discovered by British and French Speleologist at 1975 to 1977

The Anahita Temple is the name of one of two archaeological sites in Iran popularly thought to have been attributed to the ancient deity of the temple of Anahita. The larger and more widely known of the two is located at Kangavar town in Kermanshah. The other is located at Bishapur town in Shiraz.

Given its antiquity, attractive landscapes and rich culture, Kermanshah is considered as one of the cradles of prehistoric cultures such as Neolithic villages. According to archaeological surveys and excavation, Kermanshah area has been occupied by prehistoric people since the Lower Paleolithic period, and continued to later Paleolithic periods till late Pleistocene period. The Lower Paleolithic evidence consists of some handaxes found in the Gakia area to the east of the city. The Middle Paleolithic remains have been found in the northern vicinity of the city in Tang-e Kenesht and near Taqwasan. Neanderthal Man existed in the Kermanshah region during this period. The known Paleolithic caves in this area are Warwasi, Qobeh,Malaverd and Do-Ashkaft Cave. The region was also one of the first places in which human settlements including Asiab, Qazanchi, Tappeh Sarab, Chia Jani, and Ganj-Darreh were established between 8,000-10,000 years ago. This is about the same time that the first potteries pertaining to Iran were made in Ganj-Darreh, near present-day Harsin. In May 2009, based on a research conducted by the University of Hamedan and UCL, the head of Archeology Research Center of Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization announced that the one of the oldest prehistorian village in the Middle East dating back to 9800 B.P., was discovered in Sahneh, located west of Kermanshah.

Kermanshah Hotels

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Kermanshah tourist Attractions

Some of the major Isfahan Tourist Attractions that you can visit during your Isfahan Tours include the following:

Behistun:

Behistun inscription is considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Behistun Inscription (also Bisitun or Bisutun, Modern Persian: بیستون ; Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning “the god’s place or land”) is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Behistun.

The inscription includes three versions of the same text, written in three different cuneiform script languages: Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian. A British army officer, Henry Rawlinson, had the inscription transcribed in two parts, in 1835 and 1843. Rawlinson was able to translate the Old Persian cuneiform text in 1838, and the Elamite and Babylonian texts were translated by Rawlinson and others after 1843. Babylonian was a later form of Akkadian: both are Semitic languages. In effect, then, the inscription is to cuneiform what the Rosetta Stone is to Egyptian hieroglyphs: the document most crucial in the decipherment of a previously lost script.

The inscription is approximately 15 metres high by 25 metres wide, and 100 metres up a limestone cliff from an ancient road connecting the capitals of Babylonia and Media (Babylon and Ecbatana). It is extremely inaccessible as the mountainside was removed to make the inscription more visible after its completion. The Old Persian text contains 414 lines in five columns; the Elamite text includes 593 lines in eight columns and the Babylonian text is in 112 lines. The inscription was illustrated by a life-sized bas-relief of Darius, holding a bow as a sign of kingship, with his left foot on the chest of a figure lying on his back before him. The prostrate figure is reputed to be the pretender Gaumata. Darius is attended to the left by two servants, and ten one-metre figures stand to the right, with hands tied and rope around their necks, representing conquered peoples. Faravahar floats above, giving his blessing to the king. One figure appears to have been added after the others were completed, as was (oddly enough) Darius’ beard,[citation needed] which is a separate block of stone attached with iron pins and lead.

Ghajar dynasty monuments

During the Qajar dynasty (1794 to 1925), Kermanshah Bazaar, Mosques and Tekyehs such as Moavenalmolk Mosque, and beautiful houses such as Khaja Barookh’s House were built.

Tekyeh Moavenalmolk, is unique because it has many pictures on the walls that relate to shahnameh, despite some of its more religious ones.

Khaja Barookh’s House is located in the old district of Faizabad, a Jewish neighborhood of Kermanshah. It was built by a Jewish merchant of the Qajar period, named Barookh. The house, an historical depiction of Iranian architecture, was renamed “Randeh-Kesh House”, after the last owner, is a “daroongara”(pro-interior)house and is connected through a vestibule to the exterior yard and through a corridor to the interior yard.[12] Surrounding the interior yard are rooms, brick pillars making the iwans(porches) of the house, and step-like column capitals decorated with brick-stalactite work. This house is among the rare Qajar houses with a private bathroom.

Museums

Interior of the second room of Zagros Paleolithic Museum.

There are four museums that are established in old houses of Qajar period. These are Museum of ethnography at Tekyeh Moavenalmolk, and two museums of Zagros Paleolithic Museum and Museum of epigraphy and Qajar hand writings at Tekieh Biglar Baigi. The Zagros Paleolithic Museum contains rich collections of stone tools and animal fossil bones from various Paleolithic sites in Iran. It is the first established museum in Iran that devoted to Paleolithic period of Iran. Museum of traditional Martial art (Wrestling موزه پهلوانی) is another museum in Kermanshah that was established recently and contains many wax models of traditional wrestlers.

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